Calendar
Plan your year: Class dates, registration timelines and holidays for current and upcoming terms.
Registration closes two business days prior to class start date.
To view the refund, transfer or withdrawal request deadlines for a course in which you are enrolled, log in to the Student Portal, select “My Enrollment History + Transcript” from the menu, and click on the blue dot next to the course in question.
Spring 2026
Nov 18, 2025
Spring registration opens (teen)
Jan 20
Spring registration opens (adult)
Feb 10
Spring scholarship application deadline
March 2–April 12
Adult courses 18+ session 1
Registration deadline: Feb 26, 11:59 pm ET*
April 18–May 23
Teen courses 13–17
Registration deadline: April 16, 11:59 pm ET*
April 20–24
Teen vacation week courses 13–17
Registration deadline: April 16, 11:59 pm ET
April 20–May 31
Adult courses 18+ session 2
Registration deadline: April 16, 11:59 pm ET*
May 25
Holiday: Memorial Day (office closed)
*In-person class start dates vary; check course listing for dates/times. Registration closes two business days before class start date.
Summer 2026 Teen/Camp
March 3
Summer registration opens
April 21
Summer scholarship application deadline
June 19
Holiday: Juneteenth (office closed)
July 3
Holiday: Independence Day observed (office closed)
July 6–August 9
Teen online courses 13–17
Registration deadline: July 2, 11:59 pm ET
July 6–10
Session I: teen in-person & camps
Registration deadline: July 2, 11:59 pm ET
July 13–17
Session II: teen in-person & camps
Registration deadline: July 9, 11:59 pm ET
July 20–24
Session III: teen in-person & camps
Registration deadline: July 16, 11:59 pm ET
July 27–31
Session IV: teen in-person & camps
Registration deadline: July 23, 11:59 pm ET
August 3–7
Session V: teen in-person & camps
Registration deadline: July 30, 11:59 pm ET
Summer 2026 Adult Programs
January 15
Summer Intensives (transfer credit) applications open
March 31
Summer registration opens (adult)
April 21
Summer scholarship application deadline
April 30
Summer Intensives (transfer credit) application deadline
June 15–July 26
Adult courses 18+
Registration deadline: June 11, 11:59 pm ET*
June 19
Holiday: Juneteenth (office closed)
June 22–July 26
Summer Intensives (transfer credit) courses
Registration deadline (space available): June 18, 11:59 pm ET*
July 3
Holiday: Independence Day observed (office closed)
*Adult in-person class start dates vary; check course listing for dates/times. Registration closes two business days before class start date.
Summer Teen Art Institute 2026
January 21
Applications open
May 7
Application deadline
Reviewed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis
July 5–25
Foundations Experience
July 26–August 8
Major Intensive
Fall 2026
July 28
Fall registration opens
August 18
Fall scholarship application deadline
September 7
Holiday: Labor Day (office closed)
September 12–October 25
Adult courses 18+ session 1
Registration deadline: Sep 10, 11:59 pm ET*
Oct 10–Nov 14
Teen courses 13–17
Registration deadline: Oct 8, 11:59 pm ET*
October 12
Holiday: Indigenous Peoples’ Day (office closed)
October 31–December 17
Adult courses 18+ session 2
Registration deadline: Oct 29, 11:59 pm ET*
November 26
Holiday: Thanksgiving (office closed Nov 26–29)
*Class start dates vary; check course listing for dates/times. Registration closes two business days before class start date.
Winter 2027
Nov 17, 2026
Winter registration opens
Dec 8, 2026
Winter scholarship application deadline
Dec 24–Jan 3
Winter break (office closed)
Jan 11–Feb 21
Adult courses 18+
Registration deadline: Jan 7, 11:59 pm ET*
Jan 16–Feb 20
Teen courses 13–17
Registration deadline: Jan 14, 11:59 pm ET
Jan 18
Holiday: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (office closed)
*Class start dates vary; check course listing for dates/times. Registration closes two business days before class start date.